Swampscott’s Community Preservation Committee held an annual open meeting on Tuesday, hearing from members of different organizations and boards around town who are seeking funds that will be made available through the Community Preservation Act. 

The Community Preservation Act, approved at Town Meeting in November of 2024, helps preserve open space and historic sites, create affordable housing, and develop recreational facilities.

Since the act was established in town, an open meeting is required each year for the public to get a chance to share suggestions for potential recipients of funding for projects, which was the propose of Tuesday’s meeting.

Boards and committees in town must submit applications for funding for projects by December. In January, the Community Preservation Committee will vote to recommend certain projects. Their recommendations will be passed along to the Select Board, who will also vote on the potential projects. 

At next May’s Town Meeting, members will make the final vote to determine recipients, and money will be allocated in July 2027. 

Applications for project funding are available on the committee’s website. 

On Tuesday, Sheryl Levenson, who sits on the board of the Clifton Improvement Association, said the organization is hoping to qualify for project funding to help repair the seawall protecting the park. 

“If you’ve ever been to the park,” said Levenson. “You know it’s right on the ocean. We have to maintain the park by maintaining the seawall, which gets bombarded.”

Levenson said the Clifton Improvement Association qualifies for state grants to help maintain the park, but the group doesn’t get selected. 

On behalf of the Swampscott Historical Commission, Jonathan Leamon and Nancy Schultz spoke to the committee Tuesday about potential funding the efforts to save the Gen. John Glover House. 

“We could certainly use help to augment the fundraising we did,” said Schultz. “We would hope to be considered for funds that are available.”

Over $500,000 has been raised by the community to help save the Glover farmhouse. Schultz said the Historical Commission could use about $300,000 in Community Preservation Act funding to help efforts to preserve the site. 

Molly Conner, with the Swampscott Historical Society, expressed interest in funding to help replace windows in the Humphrey House, the oldest standing property in the town of Swampscott. 

Conner said there are four or five windows that are in need of replacement.